Drill instructor

learn the flag technique but with a lot of practicing and getting used to it wouldn’t be as hard as it looks. My color guard instructor was impressed on how I wasn’t bossing the color guard around when it came to dancing and helping others with flag techniques. She thought I was showing positive leadership. My band director thought I was doing a great job learning the drill for the show. Hard work pays off when you practice a…

raptly, fully engrossed in their tales of Drill Team competitions and bonds that could never be broken. So, naturally, I joined the JROTC program as soon as I became a freshman at Pineville High. I quickly rose through the ranks of the program until eventually I was elected into the position of Battalion Commander, which was the highest spot a student could obtain. I was completely in charge (after the instructors, of course). I was also commander of the Drill Team, a team that focused on…

From the time I was 12 years old until I aged out on my 19th birthday, I was in 810 Grant McConachie Air Cadet Squadron. The Cadet Program is a youth volunteer and training program built on the ideas of drill, dress, and deportment. The Air Cadet League of Canada describes the program as “Being attuned to societal changes, it strives diligently to be a totally dedicated, proactive and innovative partner to encourage and enhance the development of well adjusted…

For the past two centuries the Marines have made themselves an important part of the US military. Marines expect higher standards always being in shape and having a bond with other Marines making them family. The Marines have the dedication and motivation to push themselves past their own limits. This is what makes the marines different than the other military branches. Being a Marine is a serious life time commitment, those who earn the title of being a Marine are expected to act in a manner…

In June 2010, I was a newly promoted Private First Class in the United States Army. I’ve been in the active service for less than a year at that point and I was already outshining my peers. My First Sergeant, the most Senior Enlist Personnel in my Company, came up to me and gave a challenge. This Challenge would result in a complete change of direction in my career, my physical toughness, and my mental capacity to learn. It change my mind set on what it means to be a Soldier. It helped lay down…

The Impact of Sight Word Drills on Reading Fluency for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Jonae Alexander Concordia University A Research Report Presented to The Graduate Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Masters in Education Concordia University - Portland January 2015 Review of the Literature This paper focuses on the impact of sight word trials on reading fluency of students with learning disabilities. More specifically, this paper focuses on…

situations, “My brother had a heart transplant when I was 2 years old causing me to learn how to handle situations properly” During his younger years he would go to judo classes filled with adults. Not because he was merely watching, but because his instructor was impressed by his progress and the fact that he obtained a black belt at age 8, he felt that Ayman could handle himself in a class of supposed more skill opponents. Fear was…

have their weight monitored thru the indoctrination phase called boot camp. One of the requirements to earn the title of Marine is to maintain weight requirements upon graduation. A requirement easily met due to the close supervision of their drill instructors. The problems arise once supervision seizes and they are on their own. The probability of gaining weight and falling out of weight standards is very high. Making Marines 20 years in the future will be completely different and more…

Jonestown Massacre On the tragic day of November 18, 1978, Jim Jones told his people to lay down their own lives. “We’ve had as much of this world as you’re going to get. Let’s just be done with it. Let’s be done with the agony of it”(Kim). Jim Jones, founder of Jonestown, leader of The Peoples Temple and the reason over nine-hundred people died on November 18. Was Jim Jones obsession with power and fame or was the CIA involvement behind the catastrophe of the Jonestown Massacre. To begin with,…

expect children to follow a strict set of rules and expectations (Hudges, 2010). This parenting style is extremely military style. When an individual joins the military and attends boot camp, they don’t have ability to lead or say much. The drill instructor makes all of the rules and guidelines and the cadet follows. Children of authoritarian parents usually have low self-esteem, are shy and have difficulties when it comes to social…